Twenty Good Summers Work Less, Live More and Make the Most of Your Money

by Hawes, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781741147001
• ISBN10: 174114700X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

Want to say goodbye to the daily grind of full-time work? When financial expert Martin Hawes turned 50 he realised there were many more mountains he wanted to climb but he wasn't getting any younger! So, he thought, he had to make the next twenty summers really count. Now is the time to be as free as possible, to start working less and living more. But how can you ease back and make sure the money will last as long as you do? Twenty Good Summers will show you how to free up your lifestyle and organise your money to get the income you need to get on with the rest of your life. Learn how to: * plan the life you want; * maximise your financial potential in your earning years; * recognise when the time is right to make the break; and * reorganise your finances to sustain your new lifestyle. Best-selling author and presenter Martin Hawes enjoys mountaineering, climbing, hiking and skiing. Oh, and when he's working he provides individualised financial coaching to help clients become wealthy and free to pursue their dreams too.

Author Biography

Martin Hawes is a financial consultant and the author of Coach Yourself to Wealth and Get Rich, Stay Rich.

Table of Contents

Section one: Planning
1 Twenty good summers	3	(8)
2 Making the break	11	(6)
3 A life of two halves	17	(9)
4 Arrange (and maximise) your business	26	(10)
5 The importance of work	36	(8)
6 The 'enough is never enough' syndrome	44	(5)
Section two: Setting things up
7 Do we have enough?	49	(9)
8 Factor one: how much capital do you have?	58	(6)
9 Factor two: the lifestyle you want	64	(5)
10 Factor three: the house you want	69	(6)
11 Factor four: inheritances	75	(7)
12 Factor five: how much will you work?	82	(6)
13 Factor six: other income	88	(3)
14 Factor seven: your age	91	(4)
15 Factor eight: the returns you will get	95	(7)
16 So, do you have enough?	102	(13)
Section three: Making it work
17 Arrange (and maximise) your investments	115	(8)
18 Build a portfolio	123	(13)
19 The place of property	136	(6)
20 The place of shares	142	(6)
21 Living on capital	148	(7)
22 Make every summer count	155